In what would be a dramatic change of course, House Republican leaders are considering a strategy of risking a government shutdown at the end of this month if Obamacare isn’t defunded.
In the weekly conference meeting Wednesday morning, GOP leaders intend to propose a continuing resolution to keep the federal funded beyond Sept. 30 but strip out funding for Obamacare. The move was first reported by the conservative National Review.Senior Republicans know the strategy is a nonstarter in the Democratic-led Senate, and for months have wanted to avoid a shutdown confrontation over Obamacare. The latest move is a tacit admission from leaders that they have, for the moment at least, been defeated byconservatives who are eager to eliminate the health care law at all costs. When the House bill fails in the Senate, as it is certain to do, House GOP leaders would then try to pass a “clean” continuing resolution that funds the government but leaves Obamacare alone. The prospects of a clean stopgap bill winning over most House Republicans are also remote.
pay attention to them from now on and notice the insane over and over and "i know it won't but it's all i can say i did for 5 years" , they think Pres. might cave but as we have seen lately it's them who have been his biatch.
he said he would not give in i believe him and pray for his strength to stay true.
No decisions have been made, or will be made, until House Republican Members meet and talk tomorrow,” said House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) spokesman Michael Steel.Part of the strategy is to shift the legislative burden to Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT), who have been deriding House Republican leaders as weak on Obamacare, to theirdeep frustration.
again with the playground tactics they said mean things to them so they are going to try and put it on the other side of the republican party, problem is everything has been exposed we all know they are all complicit with what ever they do, backing out in the 11th hour does not absolve you from guilt.
“It’s a waste of time. No chance it passes the Senate,” said a Senate Democratic leadership aide. “The bottom line is the same in any event, the House is eventually going to have to pass a clean CR with no defunding or delaying the Affordable Care Act.”
admitting it is a waste of time just confirms they know they are frivolously wasting taxpayer money and time and have no intention of of succeeding and keeping their record as the do nothingest congress in history. hope we learn from this travesty the non serious agenda of do nothing brings us nothing from them and all you will get comes from this Pres. without a wink from them.
hope they hold their breath.The proposal, if House Republicans decide to run with it, would spur a standoff that significantly raises the prospects of a shutdown at the end of the month. If the bill fails in the Senate, anti-Obamacare conservatives aren’t likely to let up and embrace a “clean” continuing resolution; they’ll demand that House Republicans hold out until Democrats cave.
